HB1491 is making its way through the legislative process. It would have an effect on our local school board should it become law.
The bill was introduced to give the Oklahoma State Board of Education members the ability to add to the meeting agenda following certain procedures. It was later amended to include local school boards. HB1491 was passed out of the OK House of Representatives and is now in the Education Committee of the OK Senate.
You may see the text of the bill and its progress by going to
https://legiscan.com/OK/text/HB1491/2025
This would give our School Board potential to introduce topics they would like to discuss in public. As I see it, we as a community could ask our school board members to bring up items for discussion. The process would mean the School Board members could be even more representative of concerns of the community.
If, after you read the bill, you would like to contact our OK Senator, you may take this link and send Tom Woods an email. https://sengov.com/states/oklahoma/tom-woods/
Tom does not sit on the Education Committee but contacting him with your comments would help put HB 1491 on his radar. I have done so.
Submitted by Pam Jarrett
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